Disable the dashboard in Mac OS X - Here's how

Apple introduced the dashboard with Mac OS X 10.4. This guide shows you how to deactivate the dashboard.

Disable the dashboard in Mac OS

You cannot uninstall the dashboard, but you can at least deactivate it with a simple terminal command.

1. To do this, start the terminal. The best way to find it is to use Spotlight Search.
2. Now enter the command "defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES" in the terminal window without quotation marks and confirm your entry with the Enter key.
3. Then execute the "killall Dock" command. The dashboard is now deactivated and will not be loaded even after a restart.
4. If you want to reactivate it, you simply have to enter the command "defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO" and "killall Dock". You can then access the dashboard again.